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Darden Stock To Go Ex-dividend Monday (DRI)

The ex-dividend date for Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) is Monday, April 8, 2013. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 50 cents per share. At a price of $50.27 as of 9:31 a.m., the dividend yield is 4%.

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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The ex-dividend date for Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) is Monday, April 8, 2013. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 50 cents per share. At a price of $50.27 as of 9:31 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 4%.

The average volume for Darden has been two million shares per day over the past 30 days. Darden has a market cap of $6.57 billion and is part of the services sector and leisure industry. Shares are up 13.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

Darden Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates full service restaurants in the United States and Canada. It operates restaurants under the Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze, Seasons 52, Eddie V's Prime Seafood, and Wildfish Seafood Grille brand names. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.4, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Darden as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. You can view the full Darden Ratings Report.